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To Make Filtered Coffee

A method for making filtered coffee by repeatedly pouring boiling water over ground coffee in a cloth or strainer.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Make Filtered Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the ground coffee in a cloth or strainer in the top of a coffee pot.

  2. Pour boiling water over the coffee and let it filter slowly.

  3. Once all the water has filtered through, heat the pot until the coffee is just bubbling.

  4. Pour the coffee out and return it to the top of the pot to filter again.

  5. Repeat this process two more times, then serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Finely ground coffee
Provides the flavor and body of the brew; fine grounds extract more fully as water filters through.
Boiling water
Extracts the soluble flavor compounds from the coffee grounds as it passes through.

The step that matters

Heating the pot until the coffee is just bubbling. Overheating or letting the coffee boil can scorch it and make it taste bitter, while heating it only to a gentle bubble keeps the flavor smooth.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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